Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto was granted asylum in an El Paso, Texas, courtroom on March 18, six months after he was declared eligible for asylum by the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) in September 2023. Soto fled Mexico 15 years ago after receiving death threats for his reporting on the military. Despite turning […]
"[In the early hours of March 13], journalist Jaime Barrera gave his first interview after being abducted for more than 24 hours. [...] He said that he was in good health, but concerned and shocked by the experience he had lived through. According to him, his captors released him at a bus station [in the […]
"Four out of every 10 attacks against journalists or media workers have a possible relation to public officials, the Comprehensive Human Rights Group (GIDH, for its Spanish acronym) warned this Sunday [March 10]. 'This worrying figure highlights the urgent need to reform and strengthen the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists in the […]
"Through social media, Iztul Barrera, candidate for local representative for district 9 of Guadalajara [Mexico], asked for help to locate her father, journalist Jaime Barrera Rodríguez, whom she reported missing. According to her publication on X, she asked to spread news of his disappearance and she also made public the telephone number 33 18 14 […]
"Attacks against women journalists covering demonstrations in various cities in Mexico on International Women's Day were reported. In Zacatecas, the detentions of at least five women journalists and human rights defenders were reported. In [the state of] Michoacán, a group of female reporters were documenting the march in [its capital] Morelia when they were attacked […]
“In a signed open letter, 123 journalists, correspondents and professionals who teach journalism spoke out against Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's harassment of the chief correspondent for the New York Times, after the head of state released their data personal during a morning press conference. The document highlights that such acts have been emulated […]
"Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized YouTube on Sunday night [Feb. 25] after the tech company removed the video of a news conference in which the leader revealed the private telephone number of the New York Times' Mexico bureau chief. The platform said the video had violated their policies on harassment and cyberbullying. It […]
"Mexico's freedom of information body INAI said on Thursday it was initiating an investigation after the country's president disclosed the phone number of a New York Times journalist looking into alleged ties between his allies and drug cartels. The disclosure took place during President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's daily news conference. [...] 'This is a […]
"Journalist Andrés Salas, who was threatened in Morelos by a group of armed men, is preparing to leave Mexico, according to what the communicator of Noticias Cuautla said in a video. On Feb. 12, during a live broadcast, journalist Andrés Salas reported having been the victim of an attack on his vehicle, in which he […]
"Article 19 and the Office for Mexico and Central America and Communication and Information of Women A.C. (CIMAC, for its Spanish acronym) condemn the violence against independent journalist Yolanda Caballero Jacobo, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. On Jan. 22, the journalist published an article on her social media regarding the sewage situation facing the municipality […]
“A sentence of 76 years and 4 months in prison was handed down.. against José Carlos 'N', Jorge Alberto 'N', and Adán Isaac 'N' for their participation in the homicide of journalist Reynaldo López and the attempted homicide of Carlos Andrés López, in addition to criminal association. This ruling comes after a detailed investigation and […]
UPDATED: "Michael Antony Diaz Windsor, general director of the media outlet Periodismo QR, was found alive two days after being reported missing. Through its official channels, the State Attorney General's Office of Quintana Roo [Mexico] reported that during this period his life was not at risk and ruled out that his absence was linked to […]